The south-eastern Europe winter precipitation variability in relation to the North Atlantic SST

Atmospheric Research

Volumn 152, Issue , 2015, Pages 61-68

  Hatzaki, Maria ^a   Wu, Renguang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

EOF analysis; Harmonic analysis; Interannual variations; Precipitation; SST

Indexed keywords

PRECIPITATION (CHEMICAL);

EOF ANALYSIS; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; NORTH ATLANTIC; SOUTH EASTERN EUROPE; SST; WINTER PRECIPITATION;

HARMONIC ANALYSIS;

AIR-SEA INTERACTION; ANNUAL VARIATION; DECADAL VARIATION; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; GLOBAL WARMING; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; NOAA SATELLITE; PRECIPITATION (CLIMATOLOGY); REGIONAL CLIMATE; ROSSBY WAVE; SEA SURFACE TEMPERATURE; TEMPERATURE ANOMALY;

ATLANTIC OCEAN; ATLANTIC OCEAN (NORTH); EUROPE;

EID: 84908383343     PISSN: 01698095     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.atmosres.2013.10.008     Document Type: Article

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